Washington Irving, the author of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, wrote about Communipaw: “the parent of New York . . . a mirror of New Amsterdam, as it was before the conquest . . . where the reliques of the classic days of the New Netherlands are preserved in their pristine state . . .”

I would like to learn more about Communipaw, and the earliest Dutch settlements in New Jersey and New York. How can I read Washington Irving’s work about Communipaw? I would appreciate any assistance in this regard.